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Lexicon :: Strong's H3462 - yāšan

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יָשַׁן
Transliteration
yāšan
Pronunciation
yaw-shane'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 928

Strong’s Definitions

יָשֵׁן yâshên, yaw-shane'; a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate:—old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H3462 in the following manner: sleep (16x), remained long (1x), old (1x), old store (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H3462 in the following manner: sleep (16x), remained long (1x), old (1x), old store (1x).

  1. to sleep, be asleep

    1. (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to remain a long time, be stored up

      2. to be festering (of leprosy)

    3. (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָשֵׁן yâshên, yaw-shane'; a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate:—old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
STRONGS H3462: Abbreviations
† [יָשֵׁן] verb sleep (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic noun bdb044503 sleep; Arabic bdb044504 be sleepy, bdb044505, bdb044506 sleep Assyrian šittiu, sleep, DlHWB 246, šunatu, šuttu, dream, Idib, Flood: iv. 22 AsrbAnnals, v R. 2, 97) —
Qal Perfect יָשַׁנְתִּי Job 3:13; וְיָָֽשְׁנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 51:39 + 2 times; Imperfect יִישָׁ֑ן Isaiah 5:27; Psalm 121:4; וַיִישַׁן 1 Kings 19:5, etc.; Infinitive construct לִישׁוֺן Ecclesiastes 5:11; — sleep, go to sleep, and be asleep, Genesis 2:21 (J), Genesis 41:5 (E), Ezekiel 34:25; Job 3:13; Psalm 3:6; Psalm 4:9 [Psalm 4:8]; Proverbs 4:16; Ecclesiastes 5:11, also 2 Samuel 4:6 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu, see חֹמֶשׁ; with לֹא, of Ass. army Isaiah 5:27 (|| נוּם); of Baal 1 Kings 19:5; of י׳, עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישַׁן אֲדֹנָי 1Ki 44:24; לֹא יִישָׁ֑ן 1 Kings 12:14 (|| נוּם); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׁנַת עוֺלָם ישׁ׳ Jeremiah 51:39, 57 (see שֵׁנָה), of death, compare אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת [H8153 Psalm 132:4].
Niph. only in derivatives sense of become inactive or stationary; Perfect וְנוֺשַׁנְתֶּם consecutive Deuteronomy 4:25 and ye be grown old בָּאָרֶץ, i.e. (see Di Dr) have lost freshness of first impressions; of inanimate things, be old, stale, only Participle יָשָׁן נוֺשָׁן Leviticus 26:10 (H), feminine צרעת נוֺשֶׁנֶת Leviticus 13:11 = old leprosy (P); these possibly denominative from יָשָׁן
Pi. causative Imperfect וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵהוּ Judges 16:19 and she made him sleep.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:21; 41:5

Leviticus

13:11; 26:10

Deuteronomy

4:25

Judges

16:19

2 Samuel

4:6

1 Kings

12:14; 19:5; 19:5

Job

3:13; 3:13

Psalms

3:6; 4:8; 121:4

Proverbs

4:16

Ecclesiastes

5:11; 5:11

Isaiah

5:27; 5:27

Jeremiah

51:39; 51:39; 51:57

Ezekiel

34:25

H3462

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Strong's Number H3462 matches the Hebrew יָשַׁן (yāšan),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - Then he fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a chronic leprosy on the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not isolate him because he is [clearly] unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:10 - ‘You will eat the old supply of [abundant] produce, and clear out the old [to make room] for the new.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 -

“When you become the father of children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, then if you corrupt yourselves by making a carved or sculpted image in the form of anything [for the purpose of worship], and do evil [things] in the sight of the LORD your God, provoking Him to anger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - She made Samson sleep on her knees, and she called a man and had him shave off the seven braids of his head. Then she began to abuse Samson, and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they left, and no one saw or knew nor did anyone awaken, because they were all sound asleep, for a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - He lay down and slept under the juniper tree, and behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 -

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;

I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 -

I lay down and slept [safely];

I awakened, for the LORD sustains me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 -

In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,

For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:3 -

Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;

Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 -

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?

Awaken, do not reject us forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 -

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Will neither slumber [briefly] nor sleep [soundly].

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 -

For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;

And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of a working man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 -

And your kisses like the best wine!’”

(The Shulammite Bride)

“It goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved,

Gliding gently over his lips while he sleeps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

No one among them is weary or stumbles,

No one slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the belt at their waist undone [as if unprepared for action],

Nor is the strap of their sandal broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 -

“When they are [fn]inflamed [with wine and lust during their drinking bouts], I will prepare them a feast [of My wrath]

And make them drunk, that they may rejoice

And may sleep a perpetual sleep

And not wake up,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 -

“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk,

Her governors and her commanders and her mighty warriors;

They will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”

Says the King—the LORD of hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 -

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and will eliminate the predatory animals from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep [safely] in the woods.

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